Type............................. Destroyer Royal Navy
Class............................ Battle
Built By....................... Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down.................... 3rd February 1943
Launched..................... 22nd February 1944
Commissioned............ 11th October 1945
Complement................ 240 – 288 men increasing to 380 wartime
Maximum speed.......... 36 knots (approx)
Displacement............... 2325 BRT (approx)
Dimensions.................. LOA 379
..................................... LWL 355
..................................... Beam 40' 3"
..................................... Depth 22'
..................................... S.D 2315
Maximum Draught...... 15' 2" later reduced to 13' 6"
Armament Guns.......... 4 x 4.5" QF Mark III in twin BD Mk. V 80° Mountings
..................................... 1 x 4" Mk XIX HA/LA mounting Mk XXIII starshell
..................................... 8 x 40mm Bofors twin mountings, 2 twin Mk 2, 2 single mountings single Mk VIIA
..................................... 1 x 303 Vickers
Torpedoes.................... 2 sets quadruple hand worked tubes
Depth Charges............. 4 Depth Charge throwers, 2 rails
Engines........................ Parson I.R. single reduction turbines S.H.P. 50,000 R.P.M. 320
Oil................................ 766 tons Endurance 4400 Nautical Miles at 20 knots
End of Service............. April 1962 Broken up in Troon August 1967
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Produced by R W Mullaney